Ancestry of
Harry Chapin

Singer and Songwriter

Humeston Chapin

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• • 2nd Great-grandfather of Harry Chapin — 5th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 16 
  • Father:
  • Stephen Chapin 
  • Mother:
  • Lovina Humeston   
  • Birth Date:
  • 22 Jan 1813 
  • Birth Location:
  • West Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts 
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  • Death Date:
  • 27 Dec 1863 
  • Death Location:
  • New York, New York 
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  • Spouse Name:
  • Sarah Hunt Wing
  • Marriage Date:
  • 1 Jan 1842 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Hartford, Hartford Co., Connecticut 
  • Child:

  James Ayrault Chapin (Ahnentafel No:8 )

  • Notes: 

  • Humeston Chapin's given name is also seen as Hummiston.

• Sources for Humeston Chapin

  • ¹ Chapin, Gilbert Warren, The Chapin Book of Genealogical Data with Brief Sketches of the Descendants of Deacon Samuel Chapin, Vol. 1, Hartford, Connecticut: Chapin Family Association (1924), 397, 838.
  • ² Ely, Heman, Records of the Descendants of Nathaniel Ely, The Emigrant, Who Settled First in Newtown, now Cambridge, Mass., Cleveland, Ohio: Short and Forman, Printers and Stationers (1885), 116.
  • ³ Wing, Rev. Conway P., A Historical and Genealogical Register of John Wing, of Sandwich, Mass., and His Descendants 1632-1888, 2nd Edition, New York: The De Vinne Press (1888), 483.

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